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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

Kenmore 790.80323310

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20151221-385E7-2147425613

Ownership age

Not stated

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20151221-385E7-2147425613. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Kenmore 790.80323310. Source model text: 790. Incident: Tonight our Model 790 Sears Kenmore Electric Range exploded as we were cooking in the oven. The power cord burnt and exploded off the connection to the oven. There was a lot of smoke and lucky enough we were home and my husband turned off the circuit breaker to the oven. There was a loud popping sound and lots of smoke when this happened.

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Official report number: 20151221-385E7-2147425613. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.